Bexley Jazz Club

DAVE O'HIGGINS (sax), GRAHAM HARVEY (piano), GEOFF GASCOYNE (bass),
JOSH MORRISON (drums)

STEVE WATERMAN (trumpet), ANDREA VICARI (piano) ALEC DANKWORTH (bass),
DAVE BARRY (drums)

VASILIS XENOPOULOS (sax), NIGEL PRICE (guitar), DARIO DI LECCE (bass),
EMILIANO CAROSELLI (drums)

DEREK NASH sax, ALAN BARNES sax, DAVE NEWTON piano, GEOFF GASCOYNE bass and EMILIANO CAROSELLI drums

FULLY BOOKED

COLIN HICKMAN leader and baritone sax, DAVID BLACK tenor sax, MICHAEL COATES alto sax, MARTIN SHAW trumpet, JOHN PEARCE piano, PAUL MORGAN bass and BOBBY WORTH drums

ART THEMEN sax, GRAHAM HARVEY piano, NEVILLE MALCOLM bass and MARC CECIL drums

GREG ABATE alto sax, CRAIG MILVERTON TRIO with SANDY SUCHOLDOLSKI bass and NICK MILLWARD drums

Following capacity audiences at the Cadogan Hall - The Stables (Dankworths) and St Martins in the Fields, Trafalgar Square - we are truly delighted - and excited - to welcome on trumpet PAUL HIGGS with his PAVANE to Bexley this evening, with NATALIE ROZARIO on cello, CHRIS INGRAM piano, JEROME DAVIES bass and NEIL BULLOCK drums.
This Collection of original compositions is an exquisite, atmospheric and melody-rich fusion of Jazz and
Classical music with the emphasis on melody, counterpoint - always with the unmistakeable Beat of Jazz.

http://www.paulhiggs.co/home.html
http://www.chrisingram.co.uk
http://www.georgedouble.com

This evening we welcome back MICK FOSTER - Saxophonist and Master of the Baritone Sax -
together with a former member of the Humphrey Lyttleton 8 piece Jazz Band - KAREN SHARP.

Mick and Karen will be wonderfully accompanied by TED BEAMENT/keys - ANDY CLEYNDERT/double bass and ROD BROWN on drums.

http://www.mickfoster.org
http://www.karensharpsax.co.uk

This evening bassist ANDY CLEYNDERT presents his Trio featuring - for the first time at Bexley - an exciting Pianist from Bristol - TOM BERGE. Andy tells us that Tom is in the Monty Alexander/Ray Brown style and regards him as the "swingingest thing" yet to make his name in London. On drums will be DAVE TANDY.

http://www.info@triorecords.co.uk

RON DRAKE - Tenor and Clarinet - is widely respected in the world of Jazz as one of the very finest of Reed players. Ron's style is cultured and immaculate (rather like the man himself) and we are always delighted to welcome him to Bexley.

Supporting Ron this evening will be ROBIN ASPLAND/keys - JEROME DAVIES/Bass and ROD BROWN/drums.

Surely there can be no better way to round off an August Bank Holiday than an evening at Bexley with the superb TED BEAMENT Trio - with MURRAY SALMON on bass and LES CIRKEL drums.

See you there !

As a JAZZ and LATIN drummer MARC CECIL has a substantial list of credits - including Art Themen, Dominic Ashworth, Paul Booth, Geoff Gascoyne, Alan Barnes, Steve Waterman, Pete Long, Karen Sharp, Derek Nash - SWING - SALSA - SAMBA - all linked together with some original arrangements of classic jazz standards.

On Tenor Saxaphone will be ZAK BARRETT who studied at the RNC of music in Master Classes featuring such as Ed Thigpen, Victor Mendoza, Phil Wood etc.

The trio is completed by two simply superb musicians.
On Key will be GUNTHER KURMAYR and on Double Bass NEVILLE MALCOLM.

http://www.marccecil.co.uk

JOSH KEMP - Saxophonist - embodies the very spirit that sustains jazz - a musician at the coal-face of jazz - one hundred percent Full Range Swing.

GUNTHER KURMAYR - on Keys - formerly of the Roy Gelato Giants.
MANUEL ALVAREZ on Double Bass of whom Richard Scarr says - "I haven't heard a Bassist whose playing made me smile so much as Alvarez has in a long time"
DAVID INGAMELLS on Drums - " one of the most versatile jazz drummers of his generation" - John Fordham - The Guardian.

http://www.joshkemp.com
http://www.mannelalvarez.blogspot.co.uk
http://www.davidingamells.co.uk

From New York we're delighted to welcome Drummer/Bandleader - ROBERT CASTELLI - whose Quintet receives reviews such as .... "one of the happiest and greatest jazz events I've been to in years " .... "Castelli is a rythm machine" .... "Castelli is a rare drummer .." "funky, gutsy jazz ... Jazzwise London".

The Quintet is completed with NIC MEIER/Guitar - GILLES ESTOPPEY/Keys - GREG HEATH/Sax - and DAVIDE MANTOVANI/double bass.

This promises to be a very, very special evening.

http://www.batteristo@gmail.com

THE ROBERT FOWLER QUARTET will be with us at Bexley this evening.

Robert's broad toned mellow sound is reminiscent of the great saxophonists of the 40s and 50s - with a swinging vibrancy to complete with the very best. Robert is also remembered as a former member of the Pasadena Roof Orchestra.

Joining Robert will be JOHN PEARCE/Keys - DAVE GREEN/double bass - STEVE BROWN/drums

http://www.woodvillerecords.com/robertfowler htm

DEREK NASH - "Son of Bexley !" - that multi award winning Saxophonist - especially well known
as a featured Saxophonist with the Jools Holland Band, Leader of the hugely successful Sax Appeal, Picante and co-leader of Protect The Beat - is back with us at Bexley.

We are also delighted to welcome back DAVE NEWTON.
Dave specialised in piano at Leeds College he also played Clarinet and Bassoon !
In 2003 Dave became a Fellow of Leeds College of Music
where he is a Principal Lecturer in Jazz Piano.
In 2014 Dave was voted Best Jazz Pianist in the British Jazz Awards for the 13th time

We are also pleased to welcome GEOFF GASCOYNE on bass and SEBASTIAAN DE KROM on drums

http://www.dereknash.com
http://www.davidnewton.biz